greatnesse

_ His greatnesse is the peoples, mine's mine owne.

Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman

Moreover, I covet not that you should extend any clemency or kindnesse to me, but by my voluntary confession of the truth do intend (first of all) to defend mine honour, with reasons sound, good, and substantiall, and then vertuously pursue to full effect, the greatnesse of my minde and constant resolution.

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The greatnesse of this pompe and glory, so suddenly throwne on Signior

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Officers about her, who (for more demonstration of her greatnesse) do carry the Rod and plummet of Lead.

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For, beside their infinit cares and feares wherewith such greatnesse is continually attended, at the royall Tables, they have drunke poyson in a Golden pot.

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Declaring, that wise and vertuous ladies, ought to hold their chastitie in more esteeme, then the greatnesse and treasures of princes: And that a discreete lord should not offer modestie violence

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Declaring, that wise and vertuous ladies, ought to hold their chastitie in more esteeme, then the greatnesse and treasures of princes: And that a discreete lord should not offer modestie violence

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What greatnesse, what merits or precedence, could cause Gisippus not to care, for the losse of his kindred, those of Sophronia, yea, of

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I do thee: considering the greatnesse of thy minde, which consisteth not in the heaping up of money, as wretched and miserable Worldlings make it their onely felicity; but, contending in bounty to spend what is thine, didst hold it for no shame to kil me, thereby to make thy selfe so much the more worthily famous.

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The travalles and miseries of this World, have now no more to meddle with thee, and thy very heaviest enemy hath bestowed such a grave on thee, as thy greatnesse in vertue worthily deserveth; now nothing else is wanting, wherewith to beautifie thy

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